thred

English

Noun

thred (countable and uncountable, plural threds)

1. Obsolete form of thread.
   • 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61:

     […] that all the businesses of Men do very much depend upon these little long fleaks or threds of Hemp and Flax.

Anagrams

• Herdt, derth

Middle English

Alternative forms

• threed, threde, þræd, þred, þrede

Etymology

From Old English þrǣd, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θrɛːd/

Noun

thred (plural thredes)

1. thread (of twine or fibre)
2. yarn, fibre
3. (figurative) life, a lifetime

Descendants

• English: thread
• Scots: threid
• Yola: dreade

References

• “thrēd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-22.